Christensen family breakfasting, Lower Hutt - Photograph taken by Edward Percival Christensen

Christensen family breakfasting, Lower Hutt - Photograph taken by Edward Percival Christensen
Date
[ca 1940]
By
Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982
Reference
PAColl-3060-018
Description

Christensen family breakfasting in their house in Collingwood Street, Waterloo, Lower Hutt. Shows a group around a kitchen table set with crockery. The boy, Eric Leonard, is using a toaster. His mother Violet pours water from an electric jug into a tea pot and his father Edward Percival (the photographer) is seated on left. Photograph taken circa 1940.

Caption in Making New Zealand reads: "The toaster and water-jug show the everyday use of electricity in the home."

Published in Making New Zealand, Vol 1, No 13, page 20

Source of descriptive information - Location and persons identified by family member.

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print (retouched) 20.4 x 15.3 cm

Access restrictions
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Part of
Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection / Prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print (retouched) 20.4 x 15.3 cm, Orientation: Vertical image
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Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982. Christensen family breakfasting, Lower Hutt - Photograph taken by Edward Percival Christensen. Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection. Ref: PAColl-3060-018. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23205759

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